Lincoln, who emphasizes to him how crucial this shipment is. However, Justine and Mrs. Pryor are fervent Southern supporters, and Justine's brother has been killed fighting for the Confederacy. When MacKay refuses Justine's plea to shirk his duty, she overhears the secret route he will take and writes it down. At the last moment, she crumples up the letter, but her mother has no such scruples. She passes the document along without her daughter's knowledge. As a result, MacKay is met by a Confederate force led by Talbot Carter. MacKay wins the battle, but both Talbot and Pawnee are killed. MacKay finds the letter in his wife's handwriting among Talbot's possessions. When he returns to San Francisco, his house is empty. His wife and two children have gone with his mother-in-law. Many years later, when MacKay goes east for a dinner in his honor, he has an unexpected visitor afterward: his now teenage daughter Alice. She invites him to her seventeenth birthday party, but he declines, as he has to leave on business. However, he cannot stay away. When he enters, he sees his estranged wife and his heart softens. Then he discovers that she was not responsible for the bloodshed, and they are fully reconciled. Cast Joel McCrea as Ramsay MacKay Bob Burns as Hank York, a wanderer Frances Dee as Justine Pryor MacKay Lloyd Nolan as Dal Slade Henry O'Neill as Henry Wells Mary Nash as Mrs. Pryor Ralph Morgan as Nicholas Pryor Johnny Mack Brown as Talbot Carter Porter Hall as James Oliver Jack Clark as William Fargo Clarence Kolb as John Butterfield Robert Cummings as Dan Trimball, a prospector Granville Bates as Bradford, banker Harry Davenport as Ingalls, banker Frank Conroy as Mr. Ward, banker Brandon Tynan as Edwards, a newspaper publisher Peggy Stewart as Alice MacKay Bernard Siegel as Pawnee Stanley Fields as Abe, a prospector Henry Brandon as Larry Frank McGlynn as Abraham Lincoln Ed Brady as Prospector (uncredited) Reception Loren L. Ryder was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Sound Recording. References External links 1937 films 1937 Western (genre) films American Civil War films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films set in New York (state) Films set in San Francisco Films set in St. Louis Films set in 1846 Films set in 1851 Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Frank Lloyd Films scored by